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Use in varieties of Scots

tawse Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.1 5.5 5.9 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences1711 4 0 0 2 0
Number of authors12 8 3 1

Occurrences of tawse in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
The maister gaed iz sax o the tawse, ye ken? Haunds aw sair!' on page 24

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
danger o gettin a lick o the tawse the ither 364 days for speaki on page 23

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
n, tho they didna gie oot the tawse i public noo. He hed heard it on page 88

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
telt me, loundered her wi the tawse, an I wunner noo if yon's whi on page 42
nnin aboot the butcher an his tawse - aabody kent, the lenth o t on page 44

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
thin that cin mind gettin the tawse fer uisein Scots wards in the on page 65

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The short, sharp return o the tawse, on page 30

1 matches

Peffers, Bob The Pittin Doon o Guid Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
he Dominies tuk the Lochgelly Tawse tae Ma han kis Ah said, "Aye"
l tae spak the Inglis kis the tawse wis richt sair on ma han. Whe
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Tawse
That tawse the teacher yaised wis sair I
2 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
They say Charlie Tawse hisna got ony flaws When it c on page 15

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
heir backs agin the far dyke: Tawse an Hendry's demoleetion men, on page 8

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ational tree as iver liftit a tawse. Faith, Tarry McPhail was say
an read Isie's scrattins. The tawse cam oot o its drawer, an the
2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@Historic_Ally The tawse wis hoyed bi 1987 though mais(2020) search twitter
t lang ago Morag. Ah mind the tawse gettin yaised oan weans fir n(2020) search twitter